Lampeter Grapevine Issue 27 Mar 2015

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Mawrth / March 2015

GRAPEVINE digwyddiadau, newyddion a barn Llambed bob mis / Lampeter’s events, news and views monthly

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Time to Shine

LETTERS

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grapevine, victoria hall, bryn road, lampeter SA48 7EE email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

in this issue…

 transition llambed development trust annual report  victoria hall performance venue working group  earth hour: time for the stars to shine  ms support group  welsh quilt party  i love lampeter campaign needs you!  ysgol henry richard  community seed swap  time to shine  red squirrels at yr efail?  lampeter beer festival review regular features …

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letters reviews listings & events ads & classified town council news traws link cymru update magic lamp cinema take 2 jottings clonc celtic christianity kids in action what’s on in the woods creative ideas crossword competition grapevine gadgets karen’s creative compendium

Dear Grapevine, I was disappointed and saddened not to find any mention of Annie May in your latest issue (Feb 2015).

She was a remarkable lady who made a massive contribution to the people who knew her, to the local community and further afield. She influenced many lives through her work as a lecturer at Lampeter University, the Highland Cattle Club of Wales, and of course by establishing Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage School. She was nominated for the Carmarthen Journal Community Awards where she was runner-up for two years running. She was active in the campaign for Transition Llambed to establish a base at Victoria Hall, and she was supportive of the Grapevine from the very start when she helped with it's launch and continuation by supplying articles and encouragement to the then editor.

Her popularity was indicated by the number of people who attended her memorial service - not just packed but overflowing. It was heart warming to see her photo on the front of the Lampeter edition of the Carmarthen

Journal and a large article inside celebrating her life and her influence.

Surprising then, that there was absolutely no mention of her in the Grapevine. Is this because the Grapevine intends to have a special memorial issue, or articles in the next edition, which would be entirely appropriate with the theme "Time to Shine", as not only did Annie shine so brightly, but she also encouraged everyone else to shine too.

Thank you Annie.

Charles & Debbie Burton Charles and Debbie, I am sorry you were disappointed with the last issue of Grapevine.

I would however, like to confirm that in discussions with individuals who are now running LYTss, prior to the last issue being published, I was asked to defer contributions until a later date.

I have suggested that this issue would be an appropriate theme to include memories of Annie, even though there was a desire to celebrate her life in her birthday month's issue (April).

I will include something, as and when I receive contributions. I'm sure that there will be something appearing very soon.

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Maer & Dirprwy-Faer 2015-16 Enwebwyd y Dirprwy-Faer y Cyngh. Chris Thomas yn Faer a’r Cyngh. David Smith yn Ddirprwy-Faer am y flwyddyn fwrdeistrefol ddilynol. Llongyfarchiadau I’r ddau ohonoch!

Mayor & Deputy-Mayor 2015-16 Deputy-Mayor Cllr Chris Thomas was nominated as Mayor and Cllr David Smith as Deputy-Mayor for the ensuing municipal year. Congratulations to both of you.

Cyfraniadau Ariannol Penderfynwyd gwneud cyfraniad o £500 I’r mudiad Cyngor ar Bopeth a £50 ar gyfer y Mudiad Clwb Ffermwyr Ifainc Ceredigion.

Financial Contributions It was resolved to make a contribution of £500 to the Citizen’s Advice Bureau and £50 to the Ceredigion YFC.

Cinio Ar Gyfer Newynog Ein Byd Bydd y Cyngor Tref yn gyfrifol am drefnu’r ginio ar Ddydd Gwener 6 Mawrth o 12 Canol Dydd 1.30pm. Croeso Cynnes I Bawb!

Hunger Lunch The Town Council will host the Hunger Lunch at St Peter’s Church Hall on Friday 6 March from 12 Noon – 1.30pm. All Welcome!

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GRAPEVINE no. 27, Mar 2015 Post: c/o Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 7EE Email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com Published by: Transition Llambed Development Trust, Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter, SA48 7EE Printed by: TSD Reprographics, Lampeter, on paper from sustainable resources To submit an article, letter or to make an enquiry: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com To add your event or course to our Free listings: lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com or post to address above Please include the reason you are contacting us in the subject box of your email (Article, Letter, Enquiry) To place an advert: lampetergrapevineads@gmail.com Full guidelines for advertisers & contributors: see grapevine page on www.transitionllambed.co.uk Display advertising rates: ¼ column £12; ¼ page £30; ½ page £48; full page £84 (back page £96) £30 off ads for one-off public events held in Victoria Hall Classified ads: £2.50 / 20 wds (min. £2.50) Therapists' section (max 35 wds): £10 for 5 Copy date for Apr, issue 28: Fri 13 Mar, Theme: ‘Natural Habitat’ Circulation this issue: 2,000 copies distributed free in the Lampeter area

Croeso / Welcome to this issue of the Grapevine.

The inspiration for the theme, ‘Time to Shine’, came from my investigation, many months ago, into the planned 2015 ‘Earth Hour’ events. I’m sure I came across this as a focus somewhere … However, after publishing it, and returning to find more information, I was unable to trace any reference to it at all. So, it’s time to create our own meanings instead.

For me, it is about discovering the real ‘stars’, whether they are celestial in nature or more down to earth. We are lucky to be surrounded by so many amazing things: spectacular wildlife, beautiful landscapes, wonderful natural resources, incredible people, fantastic opportunities and all right on our doorstep. It is good to take time to appreciate these good things as well as identifying what else can be improved and how we can help make this happen. ‘Earth Hour’, page 5, is a good example - with millions of people taking part in a global event (doing something small, for just one hour in their own homes or communities) in order to highlight the need to make changes which will help towards a sustainable future. It’s a case of ‘Think Global, Act Local’. There are more examples inside ... So, how about getting involved in the ‘I Love Lampeter Campaign’ page 11, the ‘Community Seed Swap’, page 21, the ‘Traws Link Cymru Campaign’, page 7. Or you could read about other local stars who have shown talent in a variety of ventures, be it writing, artistic, speaking, performance or volunteering. Lots to choose from as usual, so enjoy. Don’t forget to turn off your lights during Earth Hour, look up to the skies and give the stars their ‘Time to Shine’.

Darllen wch yn Hapus / Happy reading Angie Martin, Editor

polite reminder: If you're sending us a display advertisement or an article, please send it in the right format - it'll save us (and you) a lot of time.

Please send your photos & artwork in jpg format as we cannot accept PDFs For full guidelines for advertisers & contributors: see Grapevine page on www.transitionllambed.co.uk The Newsletter Team We reserve the right to edit all contributions for reasons of space & clarity.

The views expressed in letters and articles are not necessarily those of Transition Llambed Development Trust or the newsletter group.

Other contact details:  Transition Llambed: www.transitionllambed.co.uk email: transitionllambed@gmail.com  Victoria Hall: www.vichall.org.uk To make bookings for Victoria Hall contact: admin@vichall.org.uk or phone/text 07891 632614  People's Market: To book a stall contact: rhydygwinfarm@talktalk.net or ring 01570 471432 3

Transition Llambed Development Trust Annual Report This year’s overall hall usage has continued to grow. An ever wider spectrum of activities takes place in the hall, all making a positive contribution to the community of Lampeter and the surrounding villages.

Renovation projects have been completed and the range of rentable space and facilities for potential activities is greater. We benefitted from the use of the kitchen by the COASTAL project throughout the year which, unfortunately, had to be wound down and has now ceased altogether. We intend to maintain our links with Canolfan Steffan and their excellent volunteers who help out at the Peoples Market. We have already engaged with other potentially significant users of the kitchen facilities. We have been keen to maintain and develop links with other institutions within the town. Especially the Town Council, Chamber of Trade and the Lampeter Food Festival.

We are very pleased to have been able to host the first ever Young People’s Food Festival in Wales, Darts exhibition matches, pop up restaurants and Lampeter’s first ‘Make It’ festival promoting the town’s wide range of talent as well as the renowned creative shops.

A variety of live music events have taken place and we hope this use of the hall continues to grow.

The Magic Lamp Cinema started to become established and we have also hosted sessions to help the older people of Lampeter, Age Cymru, and those seeking work, Hafan Cymru. The Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage School continues to thrive as it approaches its fourth year despite the very sad loss of its founder and director, Annie May Spawton.

Thank you to all customers and users of the hall. A huge thanks to all those who contribute to the success of the Grapevine and the People’s Market, now entering their fourth year of trading.

TLDT recognise we have some financial challenges in 2015 and are developing plans to resolve the shortfalls. This includes seeking funding to make the main hall fit for a range of purposes.

We need to address the issue of our production of the Grapevine and the revenue gap between costs and advertising income.

Another of our measures is the fee increases designed to help TDLT balance the books and make the whole project of growing a valuable community facility sustainable in the long term.

We are in the early stage of investigating becoming fully licenced premises to enable us to further expand the range of activities that can create income.

Finally I, along with the other Directors, would like to thank Directors who have stood down in the last twelve months. Yolanda Lawrence for her involvement, managing invoices, bookings and the website. Derek Marshall, as treasurer who has been at the heart of the project to take over and manage the Victoria hall from its inception 6 years ago. Both have contributed immeasurably to the Trust and we hope that if and when the time is right they will be able to re-join us.

Gary Thorogood Chair, Transition Llambed Development Trust 4

At present, Lampeter is pretty much off the map when it comes to local tours of bands or performance/theatre groups. There are some great theatres and music venues in the area: Theatr Felinfach; Small World and Theatr Mwldn in Cardigan; Aberystwyth Arts Centre; the Lyric Theatre and Halliwell Centre in Carmarthen to name a few. And, although we do have venues within the UWTSD campus, we do not have a dedicated venue for performance, dance, theatre and cinema events in Lampeter. But Lampeter does have a rare jewel hidden in its pocket - Victoria Hall. Originally a purpose built theatre and community hall it was later redeveloped to embrace the growing cinema audiences of the 1930s and 40s. Bands, theatre groups and other events still use it as an occasional venue and the Magic Lamp Cinema’s audiences are growing week by week. It is a beautiful building packed full of potential for all kinds of events and performances.

Victoria Hall has put together a working group to come up with ideas and costings, looking at development options for the hall as a fully equipped performance venue. It is certainly a challenge. We need to consider how to develop the hall as a multiple use performance space for cinema, theatre, dance and music – and to factor in the associated technical aspects and challenges of lighting, sound, acoustics, flexible seating and staging. We are also factoring into this development proposal how to accommodate the hall’s existing uses and users. It is vital that Victoria Hall maintains its position in the community as a café and as a venue for local events like the People’s Market; church services; and rehearsal, practice and meeting space for many local groups.

We need to consider feasibility, sustainability, to explore what the costs would be within a range of possible development options, and also look at funding possibilities for the short and long term. We also need to do some public consultation. Do you have ideas as to how you would like to see Victoria Hall developed in this way? Are there projects/ performance spaces that you have visited that have worked well as multiple use venues? What was successful about them?

What kind of bands, theatre groups, performances and events would you like to see in Lampeter? And if you would like to get involved in the project to develop Victoria Hall as a venue we would really like to hear from you.

Please email us c/o Dinah Mulholland: dinah.mulholland@hotmail.co.uk

SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 8:30-9:30PM

Time for the Stars to Shine What is Earth Hour?

WWF’s Earth Hour is a global annual event where hundreds of millions of people switch off their lights for one hour to show they care about our planet. It’s about people from across the globe coming together to create a symbolic and spectacular lights out display as well as asking for change by sharing the opportunities and challenges of creating a sustainable world.

It happens every year at the end of March around the time of the Spring and Autumn equinoxes in the northern and southern hemispheres respectively, which allows for near coincidental sunset times in both hemispheres, thereby ensuring the greatest visual impact for a global ‘lights out’ event. Switch offs will start in Samoa and finish in Tahiti.

Earth Hour 2015 will be held on Saturday 28 March between 8.30PM and 9.30PM The event has been growing every year, with more and more countries and people signing up – last year an all-time record was reached, with 162 countries taking part. How you spend the hour is up to you. You could have a dinner party with friends or loved ones by candlelight, practice your yoga skills or play board games with the family – or you could just make the most of the time and do a spot of stargazing!

It’s something so simple but with a big message – we want to protect the future of our planet. Will you join in?

For more info: www.earthhour.org

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GRAPEVINE GADGETS This month the gadget in question is a ‘bit of tech’ rather than a ‘thing’. Technology promises much, delivers less (the ones it can make money from) but it has without doubt become so entwined with our daily lives that I think the challenge is how to take best and use it constructively.

The Amazon problem. No, not anything to do with deforestation but the more mundane problem of how do I buy books when I live in a town with only one (very important) bookshop which specialises in a language I cannot speak or read. Y Smotyn Du is an excellent independent local book shop but like many around the country it cannot compete online with the big players.

This is where this months ‘gadget’ comes in. It does not intend to drive existing customers away from local shops to the internet. It offers a way for independent bookshops to reach those shoppers who are already buying online.

After checking out the local shops with no luck, instead of logging onto the Amazon website for that all important purchase, why not try www.hive.co.uk. Hive is owned by the largest UK book wholesaler (Gardener Books) but works with over 300 independent books shops to compete online with the likes of Amazon. For each sale on Hive there were over 100,000 sales in 2013 - a percentage of the price is paid to one of the 300 shops in the network.

The purchaser (you and me) get to choose which shop receives the commission. At the moment Lampeters' Y Smotyn Du is not registered so my choice is Ystwyth Books in Aberystwyth - reasonably local.

One of the nice touches with Hive is that you can opt for home delivery or the book can be delivered to your local shop thus reducing the impact of delivery - all those white

vans driving around our roads to deliver parcels the size of a jiffy bag.

Of course, we like Amazon for a reason - they are very good at selling us stuff. They have figured out how we would like to buy online and made it so. 1-Click is a sales masterstroke and the information they gather about us allows them to try to sell us more things (we probably don't really need). We also like the prices and speed with which the order arrives. Hive compares well on all of these points. The website is well set out, easy to navigate and retains my credit card details for purchasing. It sells CD’s, DVD’s and eBooks (readable on everything but a Kindle!) and the prices are comparable as you can see in the examples below. The orders do not arrive as quickly as Amazon but I can live with that - I am generally late with the birthday present anyway so whats a few more days !

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Cover Price £9.99 Hive £8.43 Amazon £6.99 Welsh Farming Life Cover Price £4.99 Hive £4.29 Amazon £4.43 Animal Farm: A Fairy Story Cover Price £8.99 Hive £6.41 Amazon £6.29 Y Pedwerydd Dyn Doeth Cover Price £5.99 Hive £5.99 Amazon £5.99 So I have decided to stop buying from a company that only paid £4.2m tax last year, despite sales of £4.3bn, and support local bookshops - what about you?

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Traws Link Cymru Update:

Imagine the railway line from Carmarthen to Aberystwth, via Lampeter, re-opened fifty years on!

From a germ of an idea first raised at a Transition Llambed meeting, to meetings with heavyweight politicians Edwina Hart and Stephen Crabb - that's how far we have come in little over a year!

After a couple of inaugural public meetings in Victoria Hall, set up and organized by Rob Phillips and David Morgan in the autumn of 2013, a committee was established and nitty gritty matters such as a name, constitution, officers and a plan of action were drawn up, and Traws Link Cymru came into being.

We were kick-started into action by a televised debate on the floor of the Welsh Assembly, initiated by regional AM Simon Thomas, advocating the re-opening of the line.

Since then, successful public meetings have been held in Tregaron, Llanybydder and latterly Aberystwyth, and over 8,000 names gathered on both paper and on-line petitions. Twenty-four AMs have pledged their support, three local MPs and forty-one town and community councils. Both Ceredigion and Sir G창r County Councils have passed motions of support, and there has been coverage on BBC Wales Today, S4C's Newyddion and BBC Radio Cymru, featuring interviews with TLC members.

Carwyn Jones, Wales's First Minister was even heard to say that he supported re-opening the line in principle!

At the end of January a small delegation of TLC members, together with local AM Elin Jones, met with Edwina Hart, Assembly Finance and Transport Minister, to put our case. Edwina Hart was very receptive, agreeing that we should meet with her civil servants in Cardiff to discuss how we could work towards a feasibility study. Subsequently, in an interview with Huw Edwards on the Wales Report, she spoke passionately about the importance of Wales having its own rail network, with the re-opened line as part of an integrated social and economic vision.

Next up, Traws Link Cymru members will be travelling to London for a meeting with Stephen Crabb, Secretary of State for Wales, on Tuesday 24 February. Rail MISSING infrastructure is not currently devolved and we hope to get his support for devolution of these powers and a fair financial settlement to help re-build the line, particularly as a consequence of the massive HS2 spending in England.

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So you can see, Traws Link Cymru has taken huge strides this year!

2015 also happens to be the Fiftieth Anniversary of the closure of the line. Several commemorative walks have taken place, and there are art events planned as well. We intend to have further public meetings in Carmarthen and Llandysul in the near future, so watch this space!

In the meantime, if you haven't yet signed our petition, please visit our website to do so, www.trawslinkcymru.org.

You can also fill in a survey form to tell us how you would use a re-opened Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway.

Last but not least, thank you Transition Llambed for the inspiration and support!

Gareth Walters, Traws Link Cymru 7

The Welsh Quilt Party 2015 Exhibition at the Welsh Quilt Centre in Lampeter

To mark this election year and to celebrate Wales’ strong textile traditions, The Welsh Quilt Centre is putting on a joyous exhibition of historic Welsh Quilts with guest textile artists from the Principality. It will run from 7 March through to 31 October this year at the Welsh Quilt Centre’s galleries in the Old Town Hall, Lampeter in West Wales.

The Welsh Quilt Centre’s Courtroom Gallery has a soaring ceiling under which historic Welsh Quilts from Jen Jones’ collection will be flying in the company of the work of artists Eirian and Denys Short. The quilts will include many from Jen Jones’ prodigious and internationally known collection that have never before been on display.

Born in Fishguard, Eirian Short studied embroidery at Goldsmith’s College then went on to produce a remarkable body of work. While she is well known for her pivotal role in creating the panoramic “Last Invasion” tapestry in Pembrokeshire, her output is much more versatile. In this exhibition she will be showing some of her extraordinary embroideries that leap out of their frames in a brilliant mix of pottery, animals and flowers. Her husband Denys Short has been in love with quilts since he photographed them for Eirian’s first book in 1967.

His paintings have a ‘quilt-like’ quality and well complement both the historic Welsh quilts in this exhibition and the work of Eirian.

The Welsh Quilt Centre’s No2 Gallery is more intimate but lofty too; the perfect setting for Cefyn Burgess’ evocative textile images of chapels and their contents that are fast disappearing from our world. Born and raised in Bethesda, North Wales, Cefyn graduated from the Royal College of Art then dedicated his life to designing and weaving textiles that are imaginative, innovative but deeply immersed in Welsh textile traditions.

This collaborative feast of quilts, embroideries, painting and textiles brings together some of the most colourful historic Welsh quilts with the work of renowned textile artists from modern day Wales.

Visitors to the Welsh Quilt Centre’s 2015 exhibition will be able to enjoy a display that is both sumptuous, vivid, exquisite and varied, and deeply rooted in Wales’ textile heritage.

Sarah Jane

Contact: The Welsh Quilt Centre, 01570 480112, sarahjane@welshquilts.com The Welsh Quilt Centre: www.welshquilts.com/about Jen Jones’ historic Welsh Quilts: www.welshquilts.com/exhibitions Cefyn Burgess: http://cefynburgess.co.uk/cefyn-burgess-welsh-textile-artist/ Eirian Short: https://helenmccarthy.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/eirian-short-embroiderer/ Denys Short: http://www.fishguardartssociety.org.uk/DenysEirianShort.html

MS SUPPORT GROUP CEREDIGION Although we had very inclement weather at the beginning of February six of us managed to meet again in the Mustard Seed Cafe.

We had interesting discussions about a variety of things that included the following:  Difficulties getting a definitive diagnosis and the time taken for this  Problems with seeing a GP on the same day as symtoms are bad, even when not asking for a named doctor  Access issues with shops and offices  Problems getting one surgery to accept our leaflets about the group! (Not Lampeter)  MITOQ... said to help with MS symptoms...what is it?...A Plant? I shall explore more in time for the next meeting  Annie Zakiewicz again helped with her relaxing Reflexology. Thank you Annie Anybody with MS and/or their Carer will be very welcome to join us at the Mustard Seed Café for our next meeting Mon 2 March, 1.30-3.30 (see listings p 16 for contact details) This applies whether you live in Ceredigion or Carmarthen as we are so close. Croeso i Bawb Judith McKay, Support Volunteer, MS Cymru 8

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Amser i serennu Time to shine Roedd yn amser i Gôr Corisma i serennu ar raglen It was Corisma’s time to shine at the end of February on Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol S4C ar ddiwedd mis S4C’s version of Songs of Praise. ‘Dechrau Canu Chwefror. Dyma un o raglenni mwyaf poblogaidd y Dechrau Canmol’ is one of the most popular programs sianel. Roedd yn braf gweld aelodau’r côr yn cymryd on the Welsh channel. It was nice to hear the choir’s rhan yn y rhaglen gyda graen. polished performance on the program.

Recordiwyd y rhaglen yng Nghapel Shiloh, Llanbed The program was recorded at Shiloh Chapel, Lampeter gyda Twynog Davies, Pentrebach with Twynog Davies, Pentrebach yn arwain y gân. Mae Twynog yn Twynog Davies yn arwain ar raglen ‘Dechrau leading the song. Twynog is very Canu Dechrau Canmol’ S4C o Lanbed gyfarwydd iawn ag arwain familiar with conducting cynulleidfaoedd. Fe elwir arno’n audiences. He is often called aml i arwain Cymanfaoedd Canu a upon to conduct Cymanfaoedd bu’n arweinydd Côr yr Urdd and was the conductor of the Llanbed am flynyddoedd.

Urdd Choir in Lampeter for Mae gan ardal Llanbed draddodiad years. nodedig o Gymanfaoedd Canu ers Lampeter area has had a noble blynyddoedd. Beth bynnag eich tradition of Cymanfaoedd (Welsh enwad - Bedyddwyr, Methodistiaid, religious singing festivals) for Undodiaid neu Annibynwyr, byddai years. Whatever your mynychu Cymanfa Ganu yn rhan o denomination - Baptists, brofiad mynd i’r capel. Byddai’r Methodists, Unitarians or Gymanfa fel digwyddiad yn Independents, attending a uchafbwynt y flwyddyn mewn Cymanfa was part of the Llun/Photo: Tim Jones unrhyw gapel. Byddai’n rhaid cael Twynog Davies conducting in the S4C experience of attending chapel. dillad newydd ac mi fyddai’r te yn y programme ‘Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol’ Cymanfa as an event was the Festri rhwng Cymanfa’r prynhawn highlight of the year in any from Lampeter a’r nos yn wledd. chapel. New clothes were Ond yn fwy na dim, canu oedd y nod - canu mawl i required, and the tea in the vestry between the afternoon Dduw, a chanu mewn pedwar llais wrth gwrs. Byddai’r and evening Cymanfa was a feast. But above all, the plant a fynychai’r Ysgol Sul yn cael y cyfle i ddarllen main aim was to sing - singing and praising God, and emyn neu hyd yn oed canu ar wahân i’r gynulleidfa hŷn. four part singing of course. The children that attended Roedd bod mewn Cymanfa gyda’r lle yn llawn a’r canu Sunday School had the opportunity to read a hymn or yn yn codi’r to yn brofiad ysbrydol. even sing on their own. Being in a Cymanfa with the Yn drist iawn, colli tir y mae’r Gymanfa'r dyddiau hyn. place full to the brim and the singing blasting from the Does dim llawer yn mynd i’r rihyrsals ac mae’r walls was a real spiritual experience. Sadly, the gynulleidfa yn y Gymanfa yn denau iawn. Er i bawb Cymanfa is deteriorating these days. Not many people edmygu’r canu o Lanbed ar Dechrau Canu Dechrau go to rehearsals and the audience in the Cymanfa is Canmol, y gwir yw yn Llanbed hyd yn oed bod dyfodol y very thin on the ground. Although everyone admired the Gymanfa yn y fantol. singing from Lampeter on ‘Dechrau Canu Dechrau A yw hyn yn adlewyrchu agwedd tuag at grefydd yn Canmol’, the truth is, even in Lampeter the Cymanfa's gyffredinol? Pwy a ŵyr? Ond a yw darllenwyr Clonc a future is at stake. Does this reflect attitudes towards Grapevine yn gweld gwerth mewn achub y Gymanfa? religion in general? Who knows? But do Clonc and Mae’n rhywbeth sy’n perthyn i ni yma yn yr ardal Grapevine readers see the value in saving the ddiwylliannol hon. A yw hi’n werth cynnal un Gymanfa Cymanfa? It is something that belongs to us here in this fawr yn y dref yn hytrach na chynnal Cymanfa mewn cultural area. Is it worth holding one large Cymanfa in sawl capel? A yw hi’n werth dod nôl â’r wledd yn y festri the town rather than struggling with one in several a’i gwneud hi’n ddigwyddiad cymdeithasol cyfoes o ryw chapels? Is it worth bringing back the feast in the vestry fath? Dim ond holi. and make it a contemporary social event of some kind?

Mae gwirfoddolwyr gweithgar yn eistedd ar bwyllgorau Just asking. Several volunteers sit on committees and cymanfaoedd ac yn ymroi i gadw sawl Gymanfa i fynd o work hard to keep a number of cymanfaoedd going from flwyddyn i flwyddyn. Oes modd cydweithio yn Llanbed year to year. Is it possible to collaborate in Lampeter and a’r pentrefi cyfagos erbyn hyn er mwyn sicrhau bod y the surrounding villages to ensure that the Cymanfa Gymanfa yn parhau i serennu? continues to shine?

Dylan Lewis Cymanfaoedd: Undodiaid ym Mrondeifi, Llanbed – Ebrill 26 April – Unitarians in Brondeifi, Lampeter Bedyddwyr yn Caersalem, Parcyrhos – Mai 17 May – Baptists in Caersalem, Parcyrhos Annibynwyr yn Shiloh, Llanbed – Mai 24 May – Independents in Shiloh, Lampeter 9

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CELLAN MILLENNIUM HALL

'Lampeter Folk' A new folk music night begins upstairs at Victoria Hall, Lampeter on Wednesday 8 April from 8pm and thereafter on the first Wednesday of each month.

Come along to play some songs or listen, by candlelight.

Entry fee of £2 includes a free tea or coffee, or BYOB. georgialowen@hotmail.com

The People’s Market Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter

Every 2nd and 4th Saturday 10am-1pm 10

CLASSES AND GROUPS Classes subject to change: please check www.millenniunhallcellan.co.uk for updates & contact details.

See our website What’s On page for one-off events MONDAY Line Dancing 7-10pm Golden Broth Lunch Club 11.30-2pm, 23 Mar, & 20 Apr TUESDAY Lampeter Home Education Group 12-5pm Qi Gong 6-7pm Tai Chi 7-8pm WEDNESDAY Table Tennis 10am-12midday, all ages, suitable for intermediate players Sew, Knit and Natter 1-4pm Yoga 5.30-7pm THURSDAY Village Improvement Society Cttee1st Thurs of month 7pm W.I. 2nd Thurs of month 7.30pm FRIDAY Art Group 10am–1pm Film Night fortnightly 7.15pm (see advert above for full details)

I Love Lampeter Campaign Needs You!!!! lights shining.

Spring is coming, the daffodils are blooming and the sun is getting warmer. Now is a great time to plan for Lampeter’s Time to Shine in 2015. There are many events planned for Lampeter this year, something to suit everyone, from two international darts tournaments to the annual Lampeter Food Festival, from the Lampeter Carnival to the Make Festival.

I would like to ask each person who reads this article to commit to helping to make something happen in Lampeter this year. At present only a handful of people are doing a lot. Last year I went to many meetings and often the same people were attending, all wonderful and enthusiastic people but simply too few to turn the great ideas we all have into reality. If we can all find something we can be enthusiastic about and help to make it happen, then together we can transform our town.

Wales in Bloom - Several years ago Lampeter was very successful in the Wales in Bloom competition, coming second several times and receiving many commendations. Many people have suggested that we enter once again. Perhaps you could help with this? If you are interested in helping please email me at the address below. We have also been asked to locate all the trophies and cups awarded in previous years, so if you have any information please let us know.

Christmas in Lampeter - Yes I know it’s only March but this is a brilliant time to start planning for the Best, Most Spectacular Christmas Fun in Lampeter. Every year people tell me how wonderful the Victorian Night in Newcastle Emlyn is. I believe a lot of people help to make that event the success it is. Let’s create something as good in Lampeter. A suggestion has been made that we all dress up as our favourite movie characters. Maybe you have another idea?

Would you like to be part of a Lampeter Christmas Event planning team?

If so please come to a meeting on Thursday 12 March, 6.30pm at The Mulberry Bush, or send me an email at josie@mulberrywholefoods.co.uk with your ideas and contact details.

Lampeter Chamber of Trade are raising funds this year to improve the Christmas lights, which are in urgent need of repair and replacement. The stalwart team of Christmas Elves, who erect and take down the lights, would also really welcome some younger members. I was told last year that Lampeter has the best Christmas lights in the area, so let’s keep our

2015 is the year we can all sing Lampeter’s praises, and if there is something you see that needs improving then don’t just sit back and complain about how ‘they’ aren’t doing something, step forward and help make a change happen. It is truly amazing what can be achieved when people work together.

Thank you. Diolch yn fawr.

Josie Smith, Chair Lampeter Chamber of Trade

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Ysgol Henry Richard: News

Ysgol Henry Richard’s successful Public Speaking team left to right Cadi Jones, Lowri Jones and Nest Jenkins with local and county Rotary International officials.

A Public Speaking team from Ysgol Henry Richard, Tregaron, has been congratulated on achieving regional success in the English Rotary Public Speaking Competition. The team of Lowri Jones (Chairperson), Nest Jenkins (Speaker) and Cadi Jones (Vote of thanks), won the accolade of best team in the Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion round at the event in Lampeter. Adding to the success of the team, Nest Jenkins also won the Best Speaker award. The team’s topic was ‘This House believes that we should always remember them,’ and Nest Jenkins argued in favour of not changing the focus of remembrance services and that losses suffered during the two World Wars should remain central.

The Ysgol Henry Richard team will go on to compete in the national final to be held in Cowbridge in March. Temporary Head Jane Wyn praised the team on their “fantastic” achievement.

“Henry Richard himself was a great orator, and we are very proud of our pupils’ success,” she said. “I would like to wish the team every success in the next round when representing the region.” Mrs Wyn added: “We are grateful to the Rotary Club for giving our pupils excellent opportunities to develop their public speaking skills.”

Rhiannon Lewis

Karen’s Creative Compendium 001 Welcome to our second compendium, which aims to shine a light on the creative writing being produced in and around Lampeter today.

It could be your time to shine, we welcome submissions from writers of all ages and experience, poetry and prose.

Send (clearly marked KCC) to: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com Karen, KCC editor

Turning Over by Brenda Old

EVENING AT FALCONDALE LAKE

By Tess Blackburn

New Year resolutions never were solutions to the mess I made of my life.

It took a revolution, by my long suffering wife, to redress my situa-

Surface of an open eye Drifting mist slow skates Water lap lap laps An eternal circle of shore Moon glints waver and pass Blurring on gliding waves Crescents of flowing silver Mark ghostly swans sailing Bats shimmy in darkness Whisk above the surface Plunder invisible mosquitoes From dark air Fish mouths agape Bubble in glassy meniscus Disappearing fast as mirage Sliver silver into black Beyond the edge billows Cool air a seductive breath Over shadowy grass Shivers leaves to a dance

tion.

And now because I’m not the man I was she’s upped and gone.

Left me, for someone who needs her more than I do I’d like to know who.

Housing Estates

by Doris Critchley Housing estates are springing up everywhere. I have a friend two or three miles away whose house overlooks hundreds of houses where only a few years ago it was all fields.

We used to live next to a farm which is now being turned into a housing complex. When will it end?

We now live in a nice little grove of five dormer bungalows and apart from school traffic in the morning and afternoon it is really peaceful. Or at least it was.

The builders have moved in here now. What a mess! I love my garden and spend hours keeping it nice and tidy but the builders are doing their best to wreck it. My collection of ornamental grasses is being decimated, there are bits of wood all over my lawn, and the primulas, pansies and cineraria are beyond recognition.

Add to that the noise and oh dear! They start so early in the

Stars spark their presence In depths of ink blue sky Clouds enfold the moon Night falls soft as sleep

morning you just won't believe it. Actually, I'm absolutely delighted.

The robin and the wren are building nests of dead petals off the winter flowers, starlings and blackbirds are using our grasses, wood pigeon and collared dove are breaking off twigs to build in the conifers. The sparrows and dunnocks are in the hedges and the tit families are using our hair to line their nests in the boxes.

In a couple of months we will have the pleasure of watching the young birds fledge and being fed.

Across in the cemetery there are 26 rook nests. Two adults and two eggs, that’s 104 birds. That's some racket at 4.30 am, but it's nice to know nature carries on despite troubles in the human race.

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Time to Shine

The Nightingale

by Mike Buzzard There was a young man, age nine, Who indeed felt totally fine.

He went to go out, But his mother did shout “Not yet, ’cos it’s Time to Shine”

Tick tock

by Glenn Hellman Tick tock tick tock mechanically meas'ring man's passing the clock tick tock tick tock time past time lost time gained time made time saved tick tock tick tock time is not ruled by wheel or verge spring nor pend'lum tick tock tick tock travel in space fast enough return to find your child older than you tick tock tick tock our clock is silent pre-set life lived no rewind how unkind Father Time Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick - toc ---

Shine Times

by Karen Gemma Brewer Horseshoes clip fire from cobbles jet skies rend with sounds of thunder flint hearts ignite family squabbles asparagus ice spears rooftop gutters.

Dew drops hostage in a spider’s net old-time silver bits of five-quarter pence blades keen against a grinder’s whet Jack Frost disembowelled on a barbed wire fence.

A badger’s blink at a headlight’s dip Catherine wheels emerald eyes ablaze sunshine sheen on a pot-hole slick bad matches strike through a drunken haze.

Moat house glint in a bar lover’s wink diamond geezer’s gushing grin rohypnol flash in a turquoise drink morning laundry of a grass snake skin.

Gilded glaze of a flea beetle’s wing ruby drops on a head worn thorn sapphire feather from the fisher king first shaft of light from a brave new dawn.

The Ballad of Ling Di Long On Tuesday night I go along To see the folk at Ling di Long To have a dish of chicken fried rice Or chicken chow mien, that’s just as nice.

When they are busy, there is a throng Of customers at Ling Di Long.

Some people come to sit and stay While others come for a takeaway.

Whatever they have they can’t go wrong, Everything’s good at Ling Di Long, The noodles and rice, the beef and pork, With chopsticks or with knife and fork.

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by Sarah Eyles Sweet nature Curling beauty Around my heart.

The nightingale’s song, Original in the night, As unlikely as an angel.

Tenderness to the Innocence of life.

Precious tears distilled, Crying for the paradise Upon which we stand.

Everything renewed In its happiness.

A tiny moment, Embedded in eternity, When heaven and earth Needed a spokesperson And the nightingale usurped God

Please send in your poems, stories or any other writing for Publication.

Mark clearly with KCC in the subject line to lampetergrapevine@gmail.com Diolch / Thank you Karen, KCC Editor

by Patrick Dobbs

One thing is sure, it won’t be long, If I keep going to Ling Di Long I’ll have to learn to speak Chinese, Both Mandarin and Cantonese.

If I could sing I’d sing a song Whenever I go to Ling Di Long, Were I a dancer I’d take the chance And ask the lady there to dance.

Now I feel I quite belong, Quite at home in Ling Di Long.

That’s said it all, I won’t prolong These happy thoughts of Ling Di Long.

Victoria Hall: regular activities and classes Bryn Road, Lampeter SA48 7EE To book the Victoria Hall phone: 07891 632614 Email: admin@vichall.org.uk Community groups & local small-scale commercial: Large hall £14/hour; Small hall £9/hour; Combined £22/ hour. We also have office space, committee room and small therapy/ class/ conference room.

See www.vichall.org.uk for more details.

Day

Weekly (W) Fortnightly (F) Monthly (M)

Time

Activity / Class

Monday

W

9.30am12.30pm

W W

Tuesday

Number

WEA Sewing class

Hannah Cutler

01570 421236

7.309pm

Magical Music in Lampeter (choir, 16+)

Louise Broome

01545 560222

1-2pm & 6-7pm

American Tribal Style Bellydancing

Wendy Steele

01570 472921 07752 478779

Welcoming newcomers

4.155.45pm

LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

Tracy Reynolds

07975 288860

W

6-8pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W

10am1pm

Hafan Cymru ‘Moving on Club’

Becky Turton

07875 272834

W

10-12pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W

10am1pm

Age Cymru

Drop in session for learning computer skills and general advice

F

24.30pm

Young at Heart

Sandwiches & social for the wiser folk of Lampeter

W

6.307.30pm

Boxercise

W

7.30pm

W

Wednesday

Friday

Saturday

Oliver Leighton

07918 661194

Chris Studman

01570 493649

Hannah Cutler

01570 421236

W

9.30am12.30pm

W

1-3pm

Welsh classes

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W

6.307.30pm

Line Dancing: Class for beginners

Heather Boothby

01570 493458

W

8-9pm

Boxersize

Oliver Leighton

07918 661194

M 3rd Thur each month

7-9pm

Transition Llambed ‘Big Gathering’ (tbc)

W

4.306.00pm

LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

Dinah Mulholland

07531 963175

Local food, produce and crafts. Plus Credit Union, café, live music & other attractions

Local food, produce and crafts. Plus Credit Union, café, live music & other attractions

A social gathering for all those interested in any issues remotely ’Green’.

Everyone welcome!

2nd & 4th Sat each month

10am1pm

People’s Market

W

2.30pm 7.30pm

The Magic Lamp Cinema - Take 2

W

10am7pm

Lampeter Evangelical Church

Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café

01570 423344

W

6-9pm

Jujitsu

James Masters

07564 666530

More info page 32

Sunday

Helping you get back to work

The Magic Lamp Cinema - Take 2 WEA Sewing class

More info page 32

Thursday

Contact Name

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Chris Studman

what’s going on listings are free. send details of your event to lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

courses________________

appointment. Please contact Celia, 01570 423134 Denmark Farm Conservation Spinning Lessons with Ann Fisher Centre, Betws Bledrws Sat 28 Feb-Mon 1st March: Traditional Rhodes at Ffarmers Neuadd Bro Fana/Village Hall. Improvers every Stone Faced Walling (at Cors Caron) Sun 1 March: What to do in your Wednesday 1.30-3.30, £8. Now taking names for the next beginner sessions. garden this month Contact Ann 01558 650760, Wed 4 March: How to get started www.spinwise.co.uk Growing Fruit spinwise.uk@btinternet Fri 6-Sun 8 March: Plant Diversity Jewellery Making Course for Sun 8 March: Early Spring Birdsong Beginners: basic jewellery-making Walk (FREE) Fri 13-Sun 15 March: Gardening with skills. Held in the local Ceredigion area, courses and times to be agreed Wildlife Sun 15 March: Ornamental Gardening by mutual arrangement.

Contact: Peter, 07984 883453.

(6-part course) Tues 17 March: Success with Seeds / events ________________ How to get Started Growing Cinio Cymraeg Tregaron. Welsh Organically language monthly dinners at the Wed 18 March: Growing in the Talbot Hotel, Tues 3 Mar and every Polytunnel first Tues of the month. Not suitable for Sat 21 March: Introduction to absolute beginners but anyone who Leathercraft has attended classes or conversation Sun 22 March: Volunteer Activity: groups for a year or two will probably Habitat and Trail Maintenance find the events enjoyable. Completely Sat 28 March: Wet Felting: Bags informal. We meet in the bar at 7pm (intermediate to advanced) for 7.30pm.A small group, normally 6 Sat 28 - Mon 30 March: Traditional to 8, including 2/3 fluent Welsh Stone Faced Walling (at Cors Caron) speakers. Order a light meal or main Sun 29 March: Willow Garden and from the Talbot bar menu - in Welsh.

Plant Structures To join the group mailing list and have Sun 4 April: Big Easter Bunny Egg a say in planning future events, Hunt and Nature Trail contact: Myra Mortlock, Tues 7 April: Wild In The Woods naturals@btinternet.com Thurs 9 April: Grow Me Eat Me Family Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed: The Fun March meeting will be held on Tues17 Sat 11 - Sun 12 April: Willow Basket March, 7.30pm at the Old Hall of the Weaving University. The guest speaker will be Full details and opportunities: Mr Medwyn Parry, his topic being www.denmarkfarm.org.uk, 01570 'Thankful Villages', referring to those 493358 few villages whose sons returned Bike Demonstrations at People’s safely from the Battlefields of World Market, Victoria Hall, every second War I. and fourth Saturday of month. Topics Croeso cynnes i bawb; all welcome. including: aspects of owning folding Lampeter Music Club presents: bikes, information on normal and Ruth and Roger Montgomery, flute electric bikes, fold-ability, weights, and guitar duo. Sun 22 March, 2.30pm. maintenance, gears, brakes, wheels The Old Hall, University of Wales and tyres as well as information on Trinity Saint David, Lampeter campus. new and rec yc led b ik es and Ruth and her father Roger have been workshops. Literature available on playing flute and guitar together for various bike related subjects. Contact: about twenty years. They will perform Milly, 07583 248387, works by Faure, Bernstein, Brouwer, millypeds@gmail.com Corea and Roger Montgomery. Ruth, creative_______________ who was born profoundly deaf, will also Art Exhibition of works by local artists talk about her unique musical life. Ruth at Coffee Stop, 78 Bridge Street, studied at the Royal Welsh College of Lampeter. The exhibition will be open Music in Cardiff and has appeared on every Thursday throughout spring and several BBC ‘See Hear’ programmes summer, 10am-3pm or other times by including a documentary about a musical journey which included lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com 15

concerto performances in Moscow, St. Petersburg and London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Roger is a teacher, composer, arranger and performer of guitar music. Tickets at the door: £10; concessions £8.50.

Students free with a Union Card. Two children free with a paying adult. To receive regular information about our concerts please contact: 01570 422436, Cockburn.david@gmail.com.

Community Seed Swap run by Lampeter Permaculture Group at the People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Sat 14 Mar, 10am-1pm. Bring seeds to swap or make a donation. Info about how to collect and store your own seeds.

Donations of plants & tools welcomed.

See page 21 for more information.

The Work That Reconnects for Spring Equinox: A retreat day combining the work of Joanna Macy and Meditation practices facilitated by Gina Heathersprite and Colette Power.

Joanna Macy’s ‘The Work That Reconnects’ is about understanding that we are not separate from our world or from each other. Providing time and space for sharing, facing our challenges and meditation; the aim of the day is to build community, compassion and commitment to act.

Sun 22 March, 10am-5pm Llanfair Clydogau, Lampeter Cost £30.00 Limited Number of Concessions Possible. Bring lunch to share.

Contact: gina@courtofcircles.org.uk Lampeter & District Beekeepers' Association: “Taster Day” – One Day Introduction to Beekeeping Course.

Interested in becoming a beekeeper?

Come join us for the day! Sat 11 April, 10am-4pm, Millennium Hall, Cellan (£15 per person, includes refreshments). To book a place phone 01570 480571 Pumsaint W I Annual Car Boot Sale Mon 25 May at Pumsaint 10am1pm. £5 per car.

Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum The doors will be re-opening on Tues 3 March with a change of exhibits. We welcome people of the community to come back and view the collection, being of particular interest to Lampeter, with some very exciting finds. Contact Selwyn Walters: hanesllambed@btinternet.com www.hanesllambed.org.uk Don’t Forget Copy Deadline: Fri 13 Mar

events cont.d _____________ Lampeter Quakers + Lampeter Amnesty Group Free Talk - Michael Freeman 'Conscientious objectors in Cardiganshire during the First World War': Lampeter Quakers + Lampeter Amnesty Group invite you to hear Michael Freeman talk about his research and answer questions on Tues March 10, 7.30pm, Cliff Tucker Hall, Lampeter University. Copies of his detailed bilingual CND Cymru Briefing on the experiences of Ceredigion COs will be available to buy."

Crynwyr Llambed a Grwp Amnest Llambed Cyflwniad rhad ac am ddim – Michael Freeman 'Conscientious Objectors in Cardiganshire during the First World War'; Mae Crynwyr Llambed a Grwp Amnest Llambed y eich gwahaodd i wrando ar Michael Freeman yn trafod ac yn ateb cwestiynau ar ei ymchwil ar ddydd Mawrth 10 Mawrth, 7.30yh yn Neuadd Cliff Tucker yn y Brifysgol Llambed Bydd copiau o’i waith dwyieithog gan CND Cymru ar brofiadau GC Ceredigion ar gael i'w prynu.

Events taking place in the School of Classics, Lampeter: The Classics research seminars: All public lectures will take place in the Founders’ Library, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, on Thursdays, 6.15pm 5 March: Guy Bradley (Cardiff U n i v e r s i t y ) ‘W o m e n i n e a r l y Rome’ (UWIAH/University of Wales Institute of Ancient History Lecture) Tues 17 March: Dr Ralph Jackson (British Museum) "Roman votive plaques and the Ashwell Treasure" All welcome!

For further information please contact Ralph Haussler (r.haeussler@tsd.uwtsd.ac.uk), School of Classics, Lampeter.

Archaeology, Hist ory and Anthropology Society Presents: All events start at 7pm.

12 March, Cliff Tucker Theatre - Mike Parker Pearson, Neolithic Britain 'Stonehenge: New Research' 17 March, Cliff Tucker Theatre - Daniel Ogden 'Werewolves' (including magic and ghosts) 25 March, Lecture Room 7 (Arts Building) - W illiam Rathous e, Objectification of human remains in museums. All Donations Welcome Contact: Ellie Bacon, President of the AHA Society elliebacon1994@hotmail.co.uk Copy Deadline: Fri 13 March lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

The Scientific and Medical Network Lampeter & West Wales Group will host a two-day event by ‘The Light of Love’ Movement with Tibor Putnoki, who experienced 'clinical death' and lived to tell the tale! He will tell us his story on 16/17 March, but please email for full details. Eric Franklin, convenor, erf678@gmail.com .

Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum The doors will be re-opening on Tues 3 March with a change of exhibits. We welcome people of the community to come back and view the collection, being of particular interest to Lampeter, with some very exciting finds. Contact Selwyn Walters: hanesllambed@btinternet.com www.hanesllambed.org.uk Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland:  Open Public Meeting. Mon 2 Marc h, 7.30pm , Vic toria Hall, Lampeter. The Long Wood team welcomes queries, questions and ideas from the public at this monthly open forum. Contact: 07557 386755, info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk  Woodland Wednesdays. Join Sarah, our Warden, for regular volunteering sessions at Long Wood every Wednesday. Develop your practical skills and feel the benefit of working in this beautiful environment.

One session in four is devoted to your own woodcraft project. No experience required, training given. Meet 10am, in car park (Llangybi/Llanfair end of wood). info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk for more information and to sign up for this unique project.

Llanachaeron events Cadbury's Easter Egg Trail: 3-6 April, 11am-4pm: Join us over the Bank Holiday weekend at Llanerchaeron for a fun-filled Easter extravaganza. Follow the clues on the trail around the estate. When you've completed the trail, go and pick up your chocolate prize! Trails available for all ages.

Pet lamb feeding: 28 March–13 April, daily throughout the Easter holidays Hot cross bun trail: with butter making demonstration. Wed 1 & 8 April, 12-3pm. Join us on a hunt for ingredients around the estate and find out where food was produced on both the farm and gardens Plant it grow it eat it: Thur 9 April 11am–4pm. Join our gardener and plant your own pumpkin seeds to take home and grow in your own garden.

Then bring them back in October for the pumpkin competition weigh in!

Bioblitz – Cwm Tydu: Sat 11 April, all 16

day. Join wildlife experts and help them search for wildlife on the Ceredigion coast.

Spring Garden Tour: Fri 17 April, 2.30pm. As well as enjoying a guided tour around the Llanerchaeron walled gardens, find out about the work that goes into keeping the kitchen gardens productive all year round.

For more information please visit our website or call 01545 573024

health & well-being ______ Support Group for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Lampeter: Meets first Monday each month at Y Hedyn Mwstard/Mustard Seed Café, 17 College Street, Lampeter. Next meeting: Mon 2 March 1.30-3.30pm.

So, if you suffer from MS, you and your Carer will be very welcome to join us. This is a very suitable meeting place with full disability facilities.

Croeso i bawb. For details contact: Judith McKay, 01570 493509; Iona Evans, 01570 423263 or Julian Eastwood, 01970 828197. More details on page 8 Headw ay, T he Br ai n Injur y Association. Have you survived a Brain Injury? Do you care for someone with Brain Injury? Then read on!

Headway Ceredigion is holding Drop in sessions on the first Monday of each month during 2014 from 2–4pm in the Royal British Legion Hall, Oxford St, Aberaeron, SA46 0JB. Come along and join us for a cuppa and a chat.

Light refreshments will be provided .

A ydych wedi goroesi anaf i’r ymennydd? A ydych yn gofalu am rywun sydd ag anaf i’r ymennydd?

Darllenwch ymlaen!

Headway Ceredigion yn cynnal Sesiynau galw i mewn ar ddydd Llun cyntaf pob mis yn ystod 2014 rhwng 24pm yn Neuadd Y Lleng Brydeinig Frenhinol, Stryd Tyglyn, Aberaeron, SA46 0JB. Dewch draw i ymuno â ni am baned a sgwrs. Bydd diodydd a bwydydd ysgafn ar gael ar ôl y sesiwn Cont ac t: Da v e M agg s , W ales Development Manager, Headway UK, 01446 740130, 07941 855935 walesdm@headway.org.uk Yoga Classes suitable for all, with Cathy Crick Stanton, a Scaravelli inspired, Iyengar trained teacher: Mon 6-7.30pm & Tues 10-11.30am & Thurs 10-11.30am at Ancient Earth Centre for W ell-being, Lanlas Farm, Cellan. Tues 5.30-7pm, Church Hall, Ystrad Meurig; Wed 5.30-7pm, Chapel Vestry, Tregaron; Thurs 67.30pm, Village Hall, Ffarmers.

Co nt ac t: 01 5 70 42 1 14 4, 07 7 48 031614, cathycrick@hotmail.co.uk

health & well-being contd.__ Mindfulness Movement, (Clear Light Q i G ong), T hurs days , 6 - 7pm ; Mindfulness Meditation, Tuesdays, 6 -7pm; Kirtan Singing, (ancient Indian chants), monthly from 15 Feb. Dates will vary thereafter, so please contact us or see website for details; Physical Therapy for all types of pain, headaches, anxiety, stress, heath and wellbeing is also available by a p p o i n t m e n t : T h e Al e x a n d e r Technique, Thai Massage, Deep Release System. For more information on classes, confirmation of sessions and questions contact: Iain, 0785 26026 001, cameronbodywork@gmail.com, www.transformationalbodywork.co.uk Alcoholics Anonymous meet at the Catholic Church (white church), opposite the police station in Lampeter. Wednesdays 8-9.30pm. For info, national helpline: 0845 7697555 Narcotics Anonymous meet at St Thomas’ Methodist Church (end of the Drovers Road/ Peterwell Terrace), opposite the car park, on Monday from 7.30-8.30pm. national helpline: 0300 999 1212

kids ___________________ Art and Pottery Club Wed & Fri 4-5:30pm snacks and drinks available, £8 per session. Children will work on developing self expression and learning new skills in drawing and designing for pottery. To book and find out more contact: Joanna, 01545 581157, www.joannabond.co.uk Also unique Ceramics on Sale (see online shop) Clwb celf a chrochenwaith Dydd Mercher a Dydd Gwener 4-5:30 £8 y sesiwn Byrbrydau a diodydd ar gael Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage School (LYTSS) runs 3 terms per year every Tues and Fri at Victoria Hall.

Spring Term runs Tues 20 Jan to Fri 27 March. Juniors, Tues 4.15 -5.45pm & Seniors, Fri 4.30-6.00pm. £40/child/ term, £35 siblings, £30 concessions.

Contact: Dinah Mulholland, 07531 963175, mulhollanddinah@yahoo.com Young Rangers “Play, Explore and Discover” A weekly club for 6-11 year olds. Woodland crafts and activities in nature led by Forest School trained staff. £5 per session. Led by Lea Wakeman and James Kendall. 4:006pm every Thurs at Denmark Farm.

Advance booking is essential. Phone Lea, 07920 408849, facebook.com/youngrangersclub Young Rangers @ Easter: Way of the Wilderness! Thurs 2 April,

10am-4pm. Ever wanted to walk like a fox? Or see like an owl? A special day of wilderness skills and activities for kids, in the woods, at Denmark Farm. £25 per child and £20 for each additional sibling. Learn how to improve your nature awareness with tracking, stalking, bushcraft skills and lots of fun games. Enjoy a cooked campfire feast at lunch. Open to all regular Young Rangers and any other children aged 6-11 years. Advance booking essential. Lea, 07920 408849, facebook.com/youngrangersclub Young Rangers: Tuesday Taster Session, Tues 17 March, 4pm-6pm at Denmark Farm. After the Easter school holidays, Young Rangers will be starting a second group on Tuesdays. We’re holding this taster session for any new children that would be interested in coming to the regular weekly club. £5 per child.

Advance booking is essential. Phone Lea on 07920 408849, facebook.com/youngrangersclub Little M’zzz indoor soft play centre, Llanybydder (in old church hall near Evans Bros market). Open Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm, 7 days a week in school holidays.

Birthday Party bookings welcome.

Tasty menu & free WiFi. Contact: 01570 480268, www.littlemzzz.co.uk NCT 'Move and Groove' is a music and movement group for pre-schoolers. Every Tuesday, 10am in the Catherine Stott room, upstairs in Lampeter Students' Union. Let your little one do what comes naturally by making noise and not staying still!

Playsessions on Maes y Deri playing field every 3rd Sunday each month throughout the year, 11am-3.30pm, with Ray Ceredigion playworkers. On the right up hill beside St Peter's Church, all welcome.

"Lampeter Little Ones" is a Facebook group for parents of preschoolers in the Lampeter area.

Wondering what groups and activities are available for your baby or toddler, then please join up and have a look: www.facebook.com/groups/ lampeterlittleones 1st Lampeter Brownies. Meet Wednesdays, 4.30-6pm, term-time.

Contact: Nikki, 07790 987070

Next markets: Fri 6 & 20 Mar. Ffarmers Market Neuadd Bro Fana/Village Hall, Ffarmers, 10am-12.30pm 1st Sat in the month. Next market: Sat 7 Mar. Llansawel Market Llansawel Village Hall, 10am-12.30pm 3rd Sat of the month Next markets: Sat 21 Mar. Spring Equinox Lunar Market LLanfair Clydogau Village Hall, Sat 21 March, 11am-3pm. Local produce, crafts, second hand goods. For stall, 01570 493288

move your body _________

Couch to 5K Running Group meet every Monday and Wednesday in the Rookery Car Park, Lampeter at 6.30pm. It is aimed at beginners and those who have recently started and would like company when they run and is completely free!

We have a new 9 week course for complete beginners starting on Mon 2 March, so if you fancy a new challenge or just want to improve your fitness and health, come along!

N e w Am e r i c a n T ri ba l S t yl e Bellydancing: Tues 1-2pm & 6-7 pm, Victoria Hall. Wendy Steele, 01570 472921, 07752 478779 (see advert on page 5) Lampeter Belly Dance and Belly Fit Mondays, Lampeter at Shiloh Church Hall (next to Police Station): Beginners' Belly Dance (all ages) 1.302.45pm (£5) Belly Fit for over-50s, 3-4pm (£4) There is space in both classes. First class free.

Contact Rose Barter: 01239 851737, rosebarter@btinternet.com Belly Dance & Yoga classes. Belly Dance: Tues 7.30-8.30pm. £3.00.

Beginner Yoga: Thur 7-8.30pm, £5.00.

Crugybar Village Hall. Contact: 01558 685321, elenamgilliatt@hotmail.com Yoga class - mixed abilities: St Thomas' Hall, Tuesdays 7.30-8.45pm £6 Contact: Su Bates (BWY teacher) 07588 527512 Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland. Do you need to get out and about more? Join our FREE ½ hour Health Walks on the last Sunday of each month. Next walk: Sun 29 Mar. Especially for people who find markets_______________ walking difficult. Please wear sensible shoes. Meet at Penlan Goetre, SA48 People’s Market, Victoria Hall, 8NE, 2pm. Contact: 07557 386755, Lampeter, 10am-1pm every 2nd & 4th info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk Sat each month. Next markets: Sat 14 Yoga, Wednesdays 5.30-7pm Cellan & 28 Mar. Millennium Hall. Small friendly group Lampeter Farmers' Market led by Pat Beaton, 01558 650594.

Market Street, Lampeter, 9am-2pm alternate Fridays.

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move your body contd _____

 Yoga/Pilates Ann Inshaw, 01570 481319, 07826 692110. Mon 5.30Footpath Maintenance volunteering 7pm, Yoga (pob lefel/all levels). Tues with Ceredigion County Council rights 6-7pm, Pilates (pob lefel/all levels). of ways staff every Friday. Trashing, Wed 5.15-6.15pm Pilates (canolol/ clearing, erecting stiles, footbridges cynyddol/intermediate/advanced). and installing gates mainly in the south Thurs 6-7pm, Pilates (pob lefel/all of the county. Fun and cost toward levels). Fri 10-11.30am, Yoga (pob transport included. No experience lefel/all levels). needed, just join our team! Contact:  Spinning £3.90 sesiwn/session, £39 James Williams, 01570 480743 for 12 sesiwn/sessions. Bwcio gyda Cerddwyr Ramblers, Lampeter, Do taliad yn unig!/Booking with payment you enjoy exploring the local only! Tues 5.30-6.15pm, Wed 7.15countryside, discovering historic sites, 8.15pm, Fri 5.30-6.15pm. Cofiwch socialising and mixing, having fun and ddod a photel o ddŵr a thowel/ chit-chat? Lonely, low in mood, Remember a bottle of water & a towel. recently widowed? Need a change or  Clwb Ymladd Cleddyfau Llambed/ inspiration to exercise enjoyably, meet up with people outside your usual Lampeter Town Fencing Club circle? Do you have a passion to Sean Slater, 01570 493139, maintain and improve our footpath anpiobaire1@aol.com Croeso i bawb network by surveying footpath dros 10 oed. All aged 10+ welcome. problems or legal diversion orders? Or £4.50. Os ydych am hwyl, ffitrwydd a perhaps lead walks that you know and her o frwydro yna ymladd cleddyfau would like to share. Then join yw’r peth i chi. If you want fun, fitness Lampeter Ramblers, we have much in and a challenge of combat then common! Choice of varying walks fencing is for you. Tues 3.30-5pm & Fri throughout the year. See our 6.30-8pm. Darparir offer/equipment programme in Library or Creative provided.

Cove. James Williams, 01570 480743.  Clwb Badminton/Badminton Club Friday Walkers: meet up for ambling Dydd Gwener/Friday 5-6.30pm. All rambling on a Friday morning. Easy players welcome. access walking for an hour, depending  Ysgol Gymnasteg REES School of on the weather and the mood. Meet Gymnastics Islwyn Rees, 01570 rain or shine, 10am at Rookery Car 422979. Sat 9.15-10am, Oed meithrin Park. Free, followed by coffee and (dan 5)/Pre-school (under 5); 10Don’t Miss the next chat. Not able to manage the stroll but 11am, Dechreuwyr (6 oed i fyny)/ Copy Deadline: Fri 13 March would like company? Just meet up for Beginners (6yrs+); 11am-12noon, coffee. Philip Lodwick, 01570 422181 Gwellhawyr (6 oed i fyny)/Improvers Walk Out Workout. Join me (Rachel Canolfan Hamdden Llambed (6yrs+).

Schroder) on Thursday evenings for a Leisure Centre. 01570 422552,  Disco Sglefrio/Roller Disco every walk in and around Lampeter. Each Lampeter-leisure@ceredigion.gov.uk Saturday 2-3pm. Oedolion/Adults week starts with a gentle warm-up Activity programme as follows: £2.85, Plant/Children £2.10. ‘sgidiau stroll followed by a brisk -and-  Cardio Circuit Training gyda/with i’w llogi/boots for hire £1.50 breathless walk around town. If that’s Sands & Paul Butch. £3.50. Mon 6.30enough for you, then stop off there. If 7.30pm. All-over body workout. music_________________ you really want to get your heart Conditioning. Resistance training. 'Lampeter Folk' A new folk music pumping, blast up a local hill with me Improve mobility, strength & stamina. night begins upstairs at Victoria Hall, for extra fitness. Meet at 6.30 pm Ymarfer i’r corf i gyd. Cyflyru. Ymarfer Lampeter on Wednesday 8 April from outside Lampeter Leisure Centre. Free gwrthsafiad. Gwella symudadwy, 8pm and thereafter on the first and fun! cryfder ac egni.

Wednesday of each month. Come Jane Guy School of Dancing.  J’s Workout 01559 362690. along to play some songs or listen, by Established 1977. Ballet and stage Oedolion/Adults £3.90, Henoed/ candlelight. Entry fee of £2 includes a work; annual production; RAD exams. Myfyrwyr/Iau/O.A.P/Student/Junior free tea or coffee, or BYOB. Contact: Classes: Tue eves and Saturdays, £3.20. Tocyn consesiwn/concession georgialowen@hotmail.com Shiloh Chapel, Lampeter. Thursdays ticket (12 dosbarth/classes) Oedolion/ Magical Music in Lampeter, New 4.30-7.30pm at Theatr Felinfach. Adult £39, Conc. £32. Mon 5.30- Choir. Mon 7.30-9pm. No auditions.

Contact: 01570 470645 6.30pm, Stepio/Step. Tues 5.30- No experience. 16+. Contact: Louise Sarn Helen running and cycling club 6.15pm, Aerobeg i Bawb/Aerobics for Broome, 01545 560222 welcomes all abilities. Junior runners Everyone. Wed 12noon-12.45pm, Contact Angie, 01974 831300, (ages 8-16) meet at Leisure Centre, Ffitrwydd Rhwydd/Ease into Fit- info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Tues 6.15pm. Adult runners meet ness. Wed 6.30-7.30pm, Kettlecise. Lampeter Permaculture Group is a Rookery Car Park, Tues 6.15 & 8pm, Thurs 5.15-6pm, Ecclectic Mix collective of like-minded people, Thur 6.15pm.  Clwb Rhedeg Sarn Helen Running interested in principles and practice For cycling (road and MTB) please Club Thurs 6.15-7.15pm. Croeso i of permaculture & sustainability. More see: www.sarnhelen.org.uk blant dros 8 oed/ All children over 8 info: www.lampeterpermaculture.org years welcome.

Mat-based Pilates. Suitable for beginners. ‘The elegance of a dancer and the strength of an athlete’. This sums up what you could attain through regular practice of Pilates. Here are some of the benefits - energy increase; improved posture and body shape; muscle toning; increased strength, agility and stamina; greater mind/body/ spirit connection. Give it a try!

Llangeitho Village Hall, Mondays 2pm. Shân Rees, OCR-qualified instructor.

Contact: 01570 218138, 07940 375147, www.livingexcellently.co.uk Dances of Universal Peace. From earliest times, dance has been a way of bringing people together, to create harmony and connection. In Dances of Universal Peace, we dance in a circle using simple steps and chants from many traditions. Contact: Shân, 01570 218138, 07940 375147. DUP Qualified Flamenco Dance classes Wed 67.30pm, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, with live flamenco guitarist. Men and women welcome. Please bring strongheeled shoes. Private lessons available in studio near Llandysul.

Contact: 01559 362540, dixeyart@gmail.com Twmpath, Folkdancing, if you need a caller for an event, phone Elly on 01570 471471.

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permaculture & conservation ___________ Gardening & Permaculture Courses Short courses to help you grow food, encourage wildlife and live more sustainably.

Contact Angie, 01974 831300, info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Landowners, Smallholders & Gardeners - Conservation & wildlife advice to suit you and your place.

Contact Angie, 01974 831300, info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Lampeter Permaculture Group is a collective of like-minded people, interested in principles and practice of permaculture & sustainability. More info: www.lampeterpermaculture.org

photography ___________ Lampeter Photography meet on 1st & 3rd Friday of every month, 7.30pm at the Kings Head, Lampeter. Monthly competitions, exhibitions & workshops.

All welcome. FREE. Contact: Stef, 07958 772035, lampeterphotography@yahoo.co.uk

religious services & groups ________________ Lampeter Parish St Peter’s Church, Lampeter. Main Sun Service: 10.30am (bilingual), Other services: 8am Holy Communion (English), 9.15am Cymun Bendigaid (trydydd Sul yn y mis yn unig, Cymraeg). Church Hall available for hire, £8.50 per hour. Kitchen facilities.

Enquiries/bookings contact: Beryl, 01570 422324, www.lampeterparish.org St Cybi’s Church, Llangybi. Main Sun Service: 9am (bilingual).

St Bledrws’ Church, Betws Bledrws.

Main Sun Service: 9am (bilingual).

St Sulien’s Church, Silian. Main Sun Service: 2pm (bilingual /Cymraeg).

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Lampeter Sunday Mass is 10am. For other services see church notice board.

St Thomas' Methodist Church Sun service 10.30am, creche & youth activity. Tues Coffee morning 9.30noon. All welcome. See notice board.

St Mary’s Church, Maestir. Main Service: Eucharist 2.30pm (2nd Sun in month only, English).

Times apply to the first four Sundays in each month. For the few fifth Sundays there will be a single United Parish Service at 10am: location will be published in the local newspapers Emmaus Christian Fellowship meets Sundays, 10.30am and 5pm, at rear of

78 Bridge Street, Lampeter. Contact: David Patterson, 01570 422529 Capel Bedyddwyr, Silian. Cwrdd yr ail a pedwerydd Sul y mis am 10.15yb.

Croeso i bawb.

All Saints' Church, Cellan. Bilingual services every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month, 2pm. A warm welcome to all. Baptisms and weddings by arrangement. Contact the Revd. Bill Fillery, 01570 421425.

St M ar y' s Chu rc h, Ll anf air Clydogau. Bilingual services every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, 10.15am. A warm welcome to all.

Baptisms and weddings by arrangement. Contact the Revd Bill Fillery, 01570 421425.

Interested in Buddhism?

A Study Group for Women. Exploring the underlying principle of Buddhist Practice and how we can apply this in our daily lives. Meets one day a month near Aberystwyth. Meditation, shared lunch. Contact: Lesley, 01970 617129 or Noel 07988 745364 Lampeter Evangelical Church meets every Sunday at Victoria Hall, 10am– 7pm. Contact: Gareth Jones at The Mustard Seed café, 01570 423344 Lampeter Quakers. Every Sunday at Canolfan Steffan, Peterwell Terrace at 10.45am. All welcome.

Crynwyr Llambed. Cwrdd bob ddydd Sul, Canolfan Steffan, Rhodfa Peterwell, 10.45 yb. Croeso i bawb. www.crynwyrcymru.org.uk (Cymraeg) Contact / Cysylltwch: Deborah Rowlands, 01570 480083, deborahjrowlands@gmail.com

social _________________

Cellan Millennium Hall Film Nights.

See film listings page 10 Coffee Stop, Thursdays 10.30am-3pm at Emmaus Christian Fellowship, 78 Bridge Street, Lampeter. Soup, toasties, cakes. W arm friendly environment. Contact: David, 01570 422529 Custard Queens WI: meet Every Third Sunday of the Month at Victoria Hall, Lampeter, 7-10pm. (Please ring to confirm Venue, as this is liable to change).

Sun 15 March ‘Watercolour Painting’ Mon 19 Apr 2015 ‘Fundraiser’ West Wales Women’s Aid’. There are also trips: Port Merion/Snowdon, Pottery Painting Craft Day, Anniversary Celebrations and of course our Monthly Crafternoons. Ages 18 to 80+, all very welcome.

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http://custardqueenswi.weebly.com https://www.facebook.com/ custardqueenswi CYD Llambed. Ymarfer eich Cymraeg/ Practise your Welsh. Dydd Mawrth 11 yb-12yh/ Tuesdays 11am-12noon, Gwesty y Llew Du, Llanbedr P.S./Black Lion Hotel, Lampeter. Croeso i bawb/ All welcome. Croeso i unrhyw Cymro/ Cymraes sy'n fodlon i ymuno â ni.

Cysyllt â/Contact: Mary Neal, 01570 470092 Golden Broth Lunch Club: following our second successful year we are hoping more local people will join us for lunch and cake, on Mondays, from 11.30am-2pm. W e play cards, Scrabble, and/or just relax and natter to friends and charge £1 per person. Dates for Llanfair 9 March, 6 April, 4 May and Cellan 23 March, 20 April,18 May. Contact Linda (Llanfair) 01570 493706 or Amanda (Cellan) 01570 421338, to register your interest.

Sew, Knit and Natter (previously known as Cellan Quilters) now meet on Wednesdays from 1-4pm at Cellan Millennium Hall. All welcome.

Whist Drives, every fortnight at Hafan Deg, Lampeter. Wed 11 & 25 March; Wed 8 & 22 April. All welcome. All Funds to Hafan Deg League of Friends.

Contact: Gwen Davies, 01570 481152

storytelling, books & creative writing _________ Lampeter Writers’ Workshop welcomes new members and meets weekly. Tuesdays 7-9pm, Wolfson Room, Trinity Saint David University, during college term time. Come and join us. Contact: Sue, 01570 423167 Meanwhile, Storytelling Circle, the first and third Thursday of the month.

Come along and learn new skills or improve old ones. It’s easier than it looks. Wolfson Room, Old Building, Lampeter University, 7.30pm.

Contact: h.addis@live.co.uk Creative Writing Workshop on Sat 14 March, Tysul Hall. Llandysul, 2-4 pm. The tutor is novelist Rosie Dub. Ref res hm ents avai la b le. C os t: £10. Contact Kelly for further details: 01267 235336 Llangeitho Book Group meet monthly in Llangeitho Village Café.

Informal chat about our chosen book.

Contact: Gillian, 01974 821213

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complementary & alternative therapists Charlotte Allen RSHom Homeopath 14 years' clinical experience.

Homeopathy is a safe, holistic method of treating both emotional and physical conditions. Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter, SA48 8EG. 01570 493746 Val Allen, BACP senior accredited counsellor/psychotherapist. UKRC Registered. Offering counselling, ps yc h oth erap y, h yp n oth er ap y, EMDR. 23 High Street, Lampeter SA48 7BA, 01570 493522, valallen@surfanytime.net Iain Cameron Watson, Alexander Technique for immobility (age-related, accident, stroke) posture, alignment, stress, pain (back, shoulder, neck, headaches, PMT). Also Thai Massage for deep relaxation and wellbeing. 07852 626001, cameronbodywork@gmail.com Denmark Farm, Lampeter.

Jo Camlin BSc WSHom. Homoeopathy. Empower your own healing (or your child's) by telling your own story. Then a vital, energetic remedy is matched to your unique, personal experience. 01570 421480 (a.m.)

The Light of Love, a short but powerful treatment harnessing and directing the power of the Universal Life Force, relaxing, healing by touching into the heart's gentle energy. Ceredwin (thirty years of energy work experience), 01570 421476 Cathy Crick Stanton. Yoga teacher / therapist (Iyengar trained) and Barbara Brennan Healer. For class details, or to book 1-2-1 yoga or therapy/healing sessions: 01570 421144, 07748 031614, cathycrick@hotmail.co.uk The Art of Well-Being: Reflexology and Indian Head Massage. Glennis Gratwick, MAR, FFHT, fully qualified, insured, 10 years' experience. Stall at Lunar Market (see listings) selling aromatherapy products.

volunteering ___________

Contact: 01570 493288 Wild Cherry Coaching. Battling stress, low confidence, or simply feeling stuck? Move forward with sensitive and holistic life coaching with Ros (BSc (Hons) Psychology, Diplom a Stress Managem ent, Advanced Diploma Life Coaching).

Free consultation. 07462 746248, www.wildcherrycoaching.co.uk Bowen Technique and Reflexology Fully qualified and registered practitioner. Practises from Aberaeron and Tregaron. Contact: Pearl, 01974 299224, 07967 647920 www.bowen-reflex4wales.co.uk Alison Kaye MBAcC. Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter, SA48 8EG. 07779 256388 Susan McAllister (Bsc Hons).

Transformational Teacher, Therapist & Consultant. Over 20 years of teaching, complementary therapy & healing experience. Available now for Crystal Healing Workshops & Angelic Tarot Readings. Contact: 01570 493006, 07572 672986, sue@tranquillight.vpweb.co.uk Louise Nadim BSc Hons, Ph.D. Fully qualified, insured Brennan Healer.

Working in the Human Energy Field assessing, balancing and healing, to restore physical, emotional and spiritual health. Contact: 01570 421144, 07920 112228, louise_nadim@hotmail.com Dr Colette Power. Mindfulnessbased Stress Management, MB Pain & Illness Management; Introduction to Mindfulness Courses; 1-2-1 coaching. For future courses, or to discuss ways of working with mindfulness for you/your group.

Contact: 07890 835873,

Lampeter. SA48 7BH. 07974 674243, taigaprzibylla@hotmail.com Living Excellently: assisting people to make the most of themselves.

Confidence-Building, Assertion Skills, Mat-Based Pilates, Style Coaching, Life Coaching. Shân Rees BA, Dip.Couns, Dip Style & Life Coaching. 01570 218138, 07940 375147, shanharmony@aol.com, www.livingexcellently.co.uk Eva Ryan MTI. Wholistic massage to help rebalance and heal body, mind and emotions. Treatment tailored to your unique needs.

Registered, insured practitioner. At Taliaris, or arrange home visits.

Contact: 01558 822390, 07792 748191 Remedial Massage Therapy. Kelly Smith, LCM dip. 4, Maesyfelin, Llangybi, SA48 8LY. 01570 493774, 07582 170181 Christine Stephenson BSc MNIMH. Medical Herbalist at Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter - for a holistic approach to health and use of herbs with an emphasis on the importance of a good diet. Call: 01239 858946 Ashley Ward MAR GJC (Dip Reflex).

Dan cing T re e R efl exo log y .

Reflexology in the comfort of your own home, within 15-mile radius of Lampeter. Fully-insured member of Association of Reflexologists.

Contact: 01570 422985, 07811 767563, www.dancingtree.co.uk Bones for Life: practices to stimulate bone strength, protect vulnerable joints, improve posture and increase vitality. Contact: Marye Wyvill, 01570 421027, maryewyvill@hotmail.com Reflexology. Annie Zakiewicz MAR is a fully-insured member of the colette@mindfulnesscourse.co.uk Association of Reflexologists and www.mindfulnesscourse.co.uk practises from Cellan. Contact: Taiga R. Przibylla B.A.DipHSEC. 01570 493295, 07790 107521, Shiatsu. Seiki. Buqi Vital Energy and www.reflexologywithannie.co.uk Oriental Bodywork. Werndriw Natural Health Clinic, 23 High Street, to cope in more than 300 communities across the UK. Our support is delivered by volunteers, in the family’s home, for a couple of hours every week. We also run family groups and social events for families. We are looking for volunteers to join us and become part of our team.

Contact Jan Young, 01570 218546

Lampeter Credit Union. Would you like to do something that will make a positive difference to local people? For more details contact: 07891 632614 British Legion Lampeter is recruiting members now. This is your opportunity to become a member of the Legion.

Contact Sharon, 07971 806886. women's workshop ______ Home-Start is a national charity supporting families who are struggling Wed 10.30am-3pm, St James’ Hall, 20

Cwmann. Disabled access & toilet.

Free car park. £2.50 a session (includes vegetarian lunch & all activities). Drop in when you please.

New members welcome.

Workshops:

Wed 4 March: Singing.

Wed 11 March: Board Games Wed18 March: Creative writing Wed 25 March: Crafting.

Contact 01570 423167, 01545 590391

Community Seed Swap

Volunteers required in Lampeter area Could you help an older person living in poverty?

If so, please contact Annemarie Butlin

at the People’s Market

01970 615151

Victoria Hall

MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY!

Lampeter

Saturday 14 March 10 - 1pm Bring seeds to swap or make a donation Information about how to collect and store your own seeds from fruit and vegetables Donations of plants and garden tools also welcomed

Rydym angen gwirfoddolwyr yn ardal Llambed Allech chi helpu person hŷn sy’n byw mewn tlodi?

Cysylltwch ag Annemarie Butlin ar

Lampeter Permaculture Group

01970 615151 GWNEWCH WAHANIAETH HEDDIW!

What’s a Seed Swap?

Lampeter Permaculture Group are hosting their annual Seed Swap at Victoria Hall during the People’s Market on

POTTING SHED DIRECT All natural materials, sustainable and ethical.

Natural Craft Stall

Saturday 14 March 10am -1pm

People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Lampeter, 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month, 10am - 1pm

Everyone is welcome, even if you have no seeds to swap. Just make a small donation.

Other growing paraphernalia should be available to swap too, for a donation.

Buy pre-packed or pick and mix ranges of plant dyed textiles; needlework and felting kits; fair trade upcycled jewellery, hand felt purses, embroidered bags, cushions; gifts; bespoke commissioned designs; or book a place on a workshop direct from the stall.

Seed swaps are a great way to meet like-minded growers, get advice and share knowledge.

Saved seeds from locally grown plants (Local Provenance) will have acclimatised to local conditions.

Help protect local and rare varieties that are no longer available from the big companies.

Help strengthen the diversity of plants available.

Pick up a leaflet on how to save seed.

Natural Craft Workshops Join me on Creative Textile Tuesdays Would you like to get creative with textiles?

No idea where to start?

Have a go at Book/ Casket making, Raised/ Dimensional Embroidery, Wet/Dry Felting, Plant Dyeing. Always working creatively with nature.

Morning, day or evening sessions available.

Materials, tuition and light refreshments included.

Learn new skills in small friendly, informal groups.

Working with natural materials, receive guidance to develop your creativity at your own pace.

Sow, grow and bring your excess plants to the follow-up Plant Swap, 25 April at the Peoples Market.

Everyone’s a winner!

Visit www.pottingdirect.co.uk, www.facebook.com/pottingsheddirect or Market Stall at The People's Market for further details 07530 390820

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Time to Shine

Jottings Plastic - especially in the marine environment - has had a lot of media attention recently due to its effect on wildlife; this material can impinge on various creatures’ activities.

The desiccated amphibian pictured got its feet trapped under plastic ‘safety’ netting.

Our Frogs, Newts and Toads face many challenges as they migrate from their winter hibernation to their favoured ponds and ditches for breeding; the movement of these animals can easily be seen on damp mild nights at this time of the year as they cross our roads. It is a sad fact that many will be squashed by vehicles; however their remains will be scavenged by Crows and Magpies showing that little in nature is wasted.

On a more positive note, the amount of bird song is increasing daily and it is interesting to detect the subtle difference in Chaffinch song as you travel through the valley.

As winter sheds its scarf, gloves and woolly hat and, all around, the first signs of spring burst into bud, will you be starting something new? My name is Wendy Steele of Tribal Unity, author, dancer and healer and I'm starting up a new dance class in March 2015 just for you.

Having moved to Wales in August 2013, living in a cottage on the outskirts of Cribyn, I began teaching ATS® Belly Dance in March 2014, lunchtime and evening. Together, the tribe have taken our love of the dance to the Cardigan Bellydance Festival, The Lampeter World of Dance, The Cellan Beer Festival and joined in a world wide dance flash mob. I'm delighted to announce that our Tuesday night classes are now Improvers and there is room for a new Beginners class.

What is ATS® Belly Dance? A unique blend of Egyptian, Flamenco, Kathak (classical Indian) and African Tribal dance fused into a modern dance style by Carolena Nericcio in 1988.

What makes it different from traditional belly dance? Though it takes its roots from traditional dance, every dance is improvised. There are no choreographies to learn and moves are perfect for the female form. We dance barefoot, grounding us to the earth, and in a tribe, learning, sharing and laughing together. Each dancer brings themselves to the tribe, the unique 'you' as part of Tribal Unity.

If you've decided it's your 'Time to Shine' and you would like to dance with me, you will find contact details in the advert (page 8).

Wendy Steel

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David Price

Celtic Christianity: Part XI The next Welsh saint in historical order is St David, bishop of Wales. However we started the series with him as the most famous. We skip straight on to: Saint Abbot Cadoc or Cattwg Reposed 6th century Remembered September 25 St Cadoc (Cattwg) learnt the monastic life under St Tathan at Caerwent in South Wales. He was known as St Cadoc the Wise and has left a collection of his writings in Welsh. He planted a church at Llangattock (Llancatwg) near the Usk and founded the monastery at Llancarfan, in 515, in the Vale of Glamorgan which became famous for its learning.

He founded many other churches, in Wales and in Scotland, and travelled to Cornwall and Brittany. He used to visit Flat Holm island in the Severn Estuary for solitude and prayer. The Life of St Cadoc was written in the 12C and contains the records of many miracles.

Troparion of St Cadoc: ‘Having been raised to godliness, O Cadoc, you dedicated your life to God, serving Him in the monastic state. As with joyful heart you fulfilled your daily obedience, caring for the earthly needs of countless poor, look now upon our spiritual poverty and ask Christ our God, that He will grant us great mercy’ Harry Harrison 22

Red Squirrels at Yr Efail?

There are red squirrels in mid-Wales and they are closer than you think. They have been spotted several times over the past year in the woodlands above Llanfair Clydogau and beyond Tregaron in Cwm Berwyn. The red squirrels in our area are one of only three remaining significant populations of red squirrels in the whole of Wales. Last summer I volunteered with the Vincent Wildlife Trust and helped by setting traps; at least two red squirrels were found in local woods. I didn’t manage to see one but I am determined that my great-grandchildren will have the opportunity to see these delightful native squirrels living happily in their Welsh habitat here in Ceredigion. There are substantial numbers on Anglesey and in Cumbria due to the implementation of a successful trapping scheme.

The problem is that greys out-number reds by a ratio of 250 to 1.They out-feed and out-breed them as well as carrying the squirrel pox which is lethal to reds. In fact, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) includes grey squirrels in the list of 100 most invasive non-native species in the world!

They have no natural predators here, since the demise of the polecat in this area, and schemes to re-introduce polecats are a few years off yet.

We can prevent the demise of the red by reducing the impact and numbers of the greys. It is an offence under section 14 of the Photo: Julian Richards, Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981) to introduce and release grey squirrels into the wild. They are a long-recognised pest.

I don’t detest the grey squirrel (although I do object when they steal eggs and poultry food from our smallholding) but I am concerned that they will destroy our hard work by eating the bark of the newly planted trees in our mixed native woodland.

Becoming a volunteer with the Mid-Wales Red Squirrel Partnership has enabled me to learn how to manage them on our land. If you’d like to find out more please come along to a Trap Loan Scheme drop in session in Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall on Saturday 7 March from 11am - 3pm.

Meanwhile, work is moving forwards on our plot. The frosty morning light makes the winter garden look

Photo: Mike Snell

quite magical and the sight of snowdrops, hellebores, daffodil buds and crocuses promising spring around the corner. Seeds have been delivered and placed in planting order. Over-wintered cuttings have survived (so far) undercover in the polytunnel. Onions, broad beans and over-wintered greens are looking good although the sprouts fared badly in the mild autumn/ winter. The heathers are changing colour and the dusky green of the budding trees is cheering on bleak, dull days.

Sitting indoors with a hot blackcurrant cordial (made from the fruit I froze last summer), I am planning additions to the garden and already taking bookings for visits to our Open Garden. Our big NGS charity open day on Sunday 19 July seems a long way off, but other gardeners are also planning ahead and have booked visits here from April.

There are plenty of jobs calling – turning the ground around the gooseberries, now that it is a bit drier, in an attempt to minimise sawfly hatchings; clearing around each of the 1700 young trees before the grass leaps into growth; collecting rotted manure for the vegetable plot and deciding on apple varieties to invigorate the orchard area. The propagators have been dusted down and seeds of tomatoes, peppers and aubergines are about to be sown.

Thank goodness we are reasonably fit and healthy and able to enjoy working outside in this beautiful part of the world.

Shelagh Yeomans Photo: Shelagh Yeomans

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COEDWIG GYMUNEDOL LONG WOOD COMMUNITY WOODLAND Update

Soft wood needles are difficult to break down and generate acidic conditions that are unfavourable to bacterial decomposition, a little bit like pickling in vinegar. The soil itself can be considered an organism in its own right that needs to evolve as the woodland evolves. Before long the increased light and improved soil conditions will favour self-seeding of other broadleaved species on our gradual march towards restoring broadleaved habitat to Long Wood’s plantation areas.

So as the light levels increase then so does the associated fauna; as described above a plethora of invertebrates make their homes in and around woodland plants. Nature being the beast that it is, these invertebrates not only act as pollinators, they also act as a source of food for amphibians, birds and small mammals. By increasing not only the number of invertebrates but also the diversity of those invertebrates, the habitat and potential forage for local or migratory mammals, bird and amphibians is also improved. In short, by increasing the amount of energy from sunlight that reaches the forest floor, the diversity, resilience and quality of the woodlands is also improved, bringing us closer to the eventual aim of restoring the woods to broadleaved habitat.

Whilst we can’t help the invertebrate populations to diversify and grow, we can provide habitat for small mammals (bats) and birds. Under Long Wood’s agreement with the Better Woodland for Wales plan, our volunteer group has created fifty small bird boxes and ten owl boxes, which are currently being erected across the woodlands in thinned areas, and in existing broadleaved areas, in order to promote and support the development of these ecosystems.

All of these effects are predictable and have been witnessed countless times across the region and the UK. However it’s always nice to record these changes as they occur and Long Wood are working closely with Scott Roe from Coed Phoenix project, near Bronant, to record and map these changes in diversity and numbers of plants and invertebrates. Scot came to us through Long Wood’s association with the Tir Coed VINE project.

Andrew Gajlikowski

With the end of the thinning works at Long Wood, the bridleway is now officially reopened for public use. We at Long Wood would like to thank everyone for patiently adhering to the closure signs during this work. Regular visitors will have noted that, although the felling of the timber was completed cleanly, the extraction coincided with heavy rain, whilst some ruts have been caused by the heavy machinery used. The site will soon recover as the season progresses. Staff at Long Wood have already begun to tidy away and collect some of the spare timber that has been left on site. Those walking through the woods along this path will notice how the thinning work has increased light levels within the woods. Dramatically so.

Coming from an ecological background this is a very exciting time for me. As I walk this path I see a myriad of different habitat types developing or waiting for the correct seed to drop and kick start the miracle of habitat creation. The fundamental energy source for almost all ecosystems is sunlight. Without sunlight, plants do not grow and an ecosystem is starved of energy. Before the thinning work, very little of this light permeated to the forest floor, most of it was absorbed for photosynthesis at the canopy or reflected back into the atmosphere. With the thinning work being completed so close to spring I for one am excited to see the changes as they develop.

Increased light levels on the forest floor will encourage many ruderal and more permanent plants to establish.

Some of these may already be lurking in the seed bank, others will gradually colonise the area. Many plants that we consider to be a pain, such as brambles and nettles, will provide habitat and forage for a myriad of invertebrates including butterflies such as the tortoiseshell and peacock. These ruderal plants also create humid conditions beneath them which in turn aids decomposition, providing even more habitat diversity. The humid conditions and increased light levels will allow broadleaved tree species such as birch to germinate and develop.

All of these woodland plants, as well as providing habitat and forage, will also begin the slow process of changing the soil composition into something more favourable to deciduous trees.

Join our mailing list or find us on Facebook. Contact: 07557 386755 or info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk 24

Dazzling Danni’s Time to Shine Leaf Lanterns

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Lots of leaves (best to get wet ones) newspaper Greaseproof paper PVA glue and brush Empty circular boxes (cheese triangles size or similar) Craft knife or scissors Night light Small jam jar lid or similar String Garden cane or stick  Small cup hook  Heavy books

Collect leaves of different shapes, sizes  and colours (the wet ones will press flat  better)   Press the leaves by placing them between sheets of newspaper (this helps to absorb the water and if you put heavy books on  top it will help to keep them flat). Leave for 2  days   Cut two rectangular sheets of greaseproof paper  to fit right around the base of the round box,  and about 20cm tall  Lay one sheet flat on some newspaper and cover it with a layer of glue  Stick on your leaves, keeping a 2cm clear border around the edge. Try not o overlap the leaves  Cover the leaves in a layer of glue and check that the edges of the paper are covered too  Press the second sheet of greaseproof paper over the top, smoothing it and pressing down as you go  Place heavy books on top to help flatten it all down.

Leave for 10-20 minutes to allow time to dry  Take the round box and cut the inner circle out of the top  Glue the jam jar lid into centre of the base of box (holds the night light and stops it moving about)  Paste glue around the edges of both sections of your round box  Roll the leaf sheet around the top section first (you may want to staple it in place)  Fix the base section into the lantern and glue the long edge together  Make two holes in the edge of the top section of box and add string as a handle  Add the hook to a garden cane or stick and hang your lantern  Add the night light and take care to use a taper or extra long matches when lighting Take a photo of your creations and send to lampetergrapevine@gmail.com and we can then publish a few in the next issue 

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Young Rangers: Play, Explore, Discover an introductory taster session for any new children that want to try out this Forest School club before committing to the full term after Easter. For full details, see the events listing. The regular Thursday sessions are continuing as usual.

Easter Break Activity Day: Way of the Wilderness!

On Thursday 2 April, we’ll be hosting a full day of activities in the woods for kids, from 10am - 4pm. We’ll be stepping into the wilderness as we learn ancient tracking and stalking skills, how to observe wildlife and nature awareness. There will be a hot campfire lunch for all. See the events listings for more details.

Get Out and Try This – Aboriginal Symbols Sticking with the theme of ancient knowledge from native people, here’s something that children can try when making dens and secret paths. The Aborigines of Australia used these symbols to tell stories, but they can also be used to share observations and camp secrets for other travellers, but only if you know how to read the symbols.

Our weekly sessions have been going well up in Denmark Farm’s woods. We’ve had a guest tutor, Bernadette O’Grady (a professional musician) who has been showing the kids how to make music from nature. Thanks to Bernie, we’ve even got our Decorating an aboriginal own theme song. clapping stick, used to It’s an exciting time for learning make rhythms outside the classroom. Landmark books like Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods have brought attention to the increasing issue of what he calls nature deficit disorder. Louv campaigns for ‘no child left inside.’ He tells us; “Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart. If we are going to save environmentalism and the environment, we must also save an endangered indicator species: the child in nature.”

Alongside this there is a growing movement in an approach to environmental education which began in the U.S. called the Art of Mentoring. This is by no means a new way of thinking, but rather a method which calls on the knowledge passed on Playing the didgeridoo. by genera tions of Try and try again indigenous peoples from across the world. In the U.S. this has been championed

by Tom Brown Jr. (America’s answer to Ray Mears) who learnt his bush craft skills and nature awareness from an Apache scout he called ‘Grandfather.’ Rather than to give learners the answers to each question, the Art of Mentoring encourages them to find the answers for themselves through trial and error. A child learning fire-lighting skills is going to have more success if they have discovered the best methods for themselves; this makes their learning experience more personal and valuable as they have strived for it rather than being handed the secret. It is important for the teacher to allow the student to fail. How does that old saying go?

That; “there are no mistakes, only learning opportunities.” Their eventual triumph will be all the sweeter.

New Tuesday Group Taster Day The people have spoken and demanded it, so after the Easter holidays we will be running a second weekly after-school group, on Tuesdays, out in the woods at Denmark Farm. On Tuesday 17 March we’ll be hosting

Visit our Facebook page for lots of great photos and updates: www.facebook.com/youngrangersclub James Kendall

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This eleventh Local General Knowledge and Cryptic PRIZE: Voucher competition Crossword is sponsored by Red Apple Yarn, which has kindly offered the winner a voucher to spend in the shop.

Red Apple Yarn, located in the Old Post Office on College Street, was opened in March 2013. The shop is run by Jude and Ceri Howard who have turned their lifelong passions for knitting and craft into a successful and welcoming business. The shop specialises in yarns from all over the UK. These include local breeds such as Llanwenog and even alpaca. The shop also sells buttons, beads and other craft items and offers sewing and knitting machine repairs and servicing.

The main shop retains the solid feeling of the Old Post Prize Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword No 11(Jeep) Office, a Grade II listed building, providing extensive 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 space that allows the wide range of yarns to be well10 displayed. There is also a separate room where people 11 12 can take their own knitting, look at the many knitting patterns and chat. Classes on sewing, knitting and 13 crocheting are also run.

14 15 14 16 Opening times: 17 18 Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri 10am - 4.30pm Wed 10am - 1pm 19 20 Sat 10am - 4pm 21 22 23 closed Sun 24 25 Further details at: http://www.redappleyarn.co.uk/ 26

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1. East African origin of some of the quilts shown at Jen Jones Quilt Centre (9) 32 35 7. Standing in the May general elections (5) 34 10. A vagrant found on album without a pound (3) 11. Could these be illegal flora for growing in 35 36 37 containers outside? (6,3,6) 38 13. Before there was half a sphere (3) 14. Repose allowed when parking in College Street 39 (3,5,4) 16. Inn with just one north aspect is not out! (2) Down 17. Worldwide barcode found at the heart of the label 1. Date when the Harford Fountain was built (8,5,3) jeans (3) 2. Roam China in order to find instrument for sucking and 18.

Appropriate starts from a police trainee (3) blowing (9) 19.

Way out! Old partner starting information 3. Fairy king portrayed by the Longwood Players in their technology? (4) Midsummer Night’s Dream performance (6) 21. Chinese takeaway on the High Street (6,7) 4. Punish endless play on words (3) 24. Chapel overlooking Cwmins car park (4) 5. Capacity to withstand change in previous mess (14) 25. Huge loss of a thousand dollars creates a variety 6. Warning on the Harford Fountain (3,8,5) of colour (3) 7. Language now used on forms at Taliesin Surgery (6) 26.

WTO is one endlessly supporting this French 8. Christian name of five Lloyd females buried at Saint Peters (4) sheep’s fleece (6) 9. Instruction to anagram solver when untwisting a heedless 28.

Sup in a new way should lead to rises in mood (3) netting (11,5) 30. Blight on the pavements of Lampeter? (3) 12. Tip right in to activate fuse (4) 31. Civil action that Willsbo Clyf could help with (3) 15. Burnt by candlelight to increase the light of the moon (3) 32. Part of the body dealt with in Evans & Hughes (3) 18. Providing 64 squares for a game (1,10) 33. Type of airgun I centre to find the patch of colour 20. Sour small pie filled with sweet fruit? (4) on a bird’s throat (3) 22. A small sketch found in a mixed up thin album (9) 34.

Plumbing and heating firm on A482 in Cwmann (5) 23. Trophy for the winning team of the Ceredigion League (3) 35.

Sounds like fool consumed something valuable (5) 27. Nothing surrounded this US president revealing something 36.

Put an end to what sounds like a bad temper (5) in the mint family (7) 38. Pointless crush for the ancient people of Belarus 29. What Lampeter people hope will happen to their gifts and Ukraine (3) when they give them to local charities (6) 39. Where the Lampeter Museum is located (3,7,5) 37. Heave, feeling got when gut is upset (3) 29

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Place in Competition Entries box in Mark Lane Bakery or Postbox at Victoria Hall By post: Cryptic Crossword No. 11, Grapevine, c/o Victoria Hall, Bryn Rd, Lampeter SA48 7EE.

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Recent Reviews retired to the comfy chairs in the entrance foyer to the hall and all was well.

I discovered my second problem whilst visiting the gents. The very witty posters strategically placed for easy reading (think about it) informed me about the work of the Round Table and then told me I was too old to join! Fortunately, it appears I am not too old to attend their beer festivals, so I can live with the pain and reality.

Seeing as that is all I can find to complain about I think it is ‘hats off’ to the people who put this event together - a superb addition to the Lampeter year.

According to the Round table website they are already busy organizing the 2016 festival - I have registered for regular mailings but can’t find the button on the website with which to reserve a table I’ll keep looking.

Don’t forget we usually have the Llanfair Beer Festival held in Summer and I hear a whisper that Cellan will be doing another event following their first Festival in December 2014. Hopefully we will hear news of these in the Grapevine over the coming months.

Tim Martin

I have far too many Beer Festival Glasses than is healthy for me - some dating back to before I was legally allowed in frequent such establishments! So it was with great anticipation that I stumbled along to the Lampeter Beer Festival in the University Arts Hall a couple of weeks ago with the intention of increasing the collection - I was not disappointed.

Beer Festivals are funny affairs. There was a time when they were frequented almost exclusively by blokes in waistcoats adorned with pin and cloth badges. In those days the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) was a geeky organisation going against the flow by insisting that we should not lose local enterprise (pubs), local products (beer), produced by local people (our forebears) for local conditions.

Sound familiar?

Back to the superb Lampeter Beer Festival put on by the Lampeter Round Table. I am pleased to report it was full of local people drinking individual and unique beers brewed by local breweries. Proof, if we need it, that it is possible to pull an industry back from the brink of extinction at the hands of global corporations.

There were over a dozen beers and ciders on offer ranging from a superb Porter from Neath Ales to a Blonde Ale from the Bluestone Brewing Co. As to my personal favourite, I have to refer to my Dad who always says “there’s no such thing as bad beer son, there’s good beer and not so good beer”.

I understand they sold over 1,000 pints to over 400 people - a great success.

I really liked the regular Facebook updates from Rob as to the arrival of beers - made sure I didn’t forget the event. I liked being able to book my glasses online and I really liked the fact we had real glasses beer out of plastic cups should only be legal if it is lager.

I had just 2 concerns with the Lampeter Beer Festival. The first was a great problem to have - I could not find a table to sit at. As I near my 50’s, I appear to require a chair far more often than previously - gone are the days of standing for hours swapping beers. Anyway, I am pleased to report we

Backroom Band Review Taster

Some photos of the band, from the wonderful meal and music event at the Mulberry Bush on Sat 21 Feb. Look out for the full review in the next issue.

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Call Nick, 01570 481735

Do you need a venue in the heart of Lampeter?

Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, SA48 7EE has a range of versatile spaces available for booking.

Community groups & local small-scale commercial: Large hall £14/hour; Small hall £9/hour; Combined £22/hour. We also have office space, committee room and small therapy/ class/ conference room.

See www.vichall.org.uk for more details

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Copy deadline: Fri 13 Mar 2015. Miss it & you risk not being included in the Apr issue 29

Congratulations to our Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword

Lampeter Town RFC

Competition Winner Gill Stevens

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Thanks to the following puzzlers who also entered: Marilyn Bray, Alun Davies, Daniel Davies, Jen Davies, Dave Denney, Phil Edwards, Llinos Griffiths, Trevor Harris, Sandra Hartley, David Hyde, Annwen Jones, Joyce Jones, T Jones, Glenys Morris, Elaine Pelling, Marilyn Pocock, Angela Roberts, Sarah Roberts, Andy & Jenny Ryan, the Schröder Family, Gloria Thomas, M. Thomas and Marye Wyvill.

Check out your answers below. See page 27 for more details about the prize from our sponsor for issue 28, Red Apple Yarn.

Please note: While the library is undergoing its refurbishment the competition entries box will be held at Mark Lane Bakery or you can post your entries through the letter box at Victoria Hall. Happy Puzzling.

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Annual Review @ Victoria Hall Thursday 5 March 2015

Lampeter Credit Union

7.30pm Welcoming Mark Lane Bakery

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what environmental issues do you care about? do you know of a special local habitat worth protecting? are you creating natural habitats for wildlife in your own garden? would you like to learn more? are you turning your lights off to support ‘earth hour’ - saturday 28 march, 8.30pm? how can we all do our bit for the environment? why don’t you tell us your ideas and we can make sure that everyone ‘hears it through the Grapevine’

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THE MAGIC LAMP CINEMA - TAKE 2 @VICTORIA HALL

The Magic Lamp Cinema continues showing in Screen 2 @ Victoria Hall.

There should be something for everyone.

Doors open at 2pm for 2.30pm show and at 7pm for 7.30pm show / Drysau'n agor am 2yp ar gyfer sioe 2.30yp ac am 7yh ar gyfer sioe 7.30yh Admission by donation / Mynediad trwy rodd 01570 493649 / magiclamp@lampeter21.co.uk / www.lampeter21.co.uk/magic-lamp-cinema/

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